Disclaimer: I wish I owned Danny Phantom! Desiree: -turns me into Butch Hartman- AHHHHHHHHH! CHANGE ME BACK CHANGE ME BACK! -is changed back-
Danny woke up to silence. It was a beautiful change of pace. He lounged in bed until the clock told him that it was eleven-thirty. Dragging his feet, he made his way into the bathroom. When he got into the bathroom he turned on the shower when a thought hit him, realizing that the temperature was still a little cool.
"Are you guys…like...in here?" Danny asked aloud.
"Yup," was the reply from one of the goons.
"Can you like…wait in the hall or something?" Danny asked, his cheeks turning red.
"Uh…sure…"
Danny felt the temperature rise, signaling that they left. He quickly showered and dressed before going down the stairs.
"Hey Danny! Check it out!" Jack yelled. He shoved a piece of metal into Danny's face, making Danny cross-eyed for a moment. "It's the Specter Detector!"
"Which is…?" Danny asked, staring at it.
"It detects ghosts!" Jack said cheerfully. "Even when they're invisible!"
Danny just stared at it as it began to beep.
"Three ghosts detected," said the tiny machine.
Jack jumped and down with excitement as Danny frantically began to explain that he was late to meet Sam and Tucker. His ghost sense went off, but he was unsure on if it was the goons or a separate ghost.
"BEWARE! FOR I AM THE BOX GHOST!"
Danny face palmed, groaning in annoyance. That answers that question.
"BEWARE MY CARDBOARD OF TERRORRR!"
"And the second The Box Ghost threw a box at me, he was arrested and one of the goons left to take him to the prison," Danny explained as he sat in Sam's room with her and Tucker.
"This could be the answer to your ghost problem," Sam said slowly.
"Sam! I don't want them following me around for the rest of my life!" Danny cried out. He paused. "No offense."
"How do you think we feel?" one of them replied bitterly.
A few days later, Dani was eating lunch at school. That's right. School. You see, after running around on the streets, child services found her. Dani was forced to admit she didn't have parents, so she was adopted by a nice couple that was overall normal. Her new mom was a nurse and her new dad was the high school history teacher. She had five brothers, three older and two younger. No sisters. The brothers were always a pain, as brothers always are, but they were pretty sweet on a rainy day. They had already beaten up one heart breaker.
She was attending eighth grade at the local middle school. She did have some friends, a pretty gothic girl named Alex that cared deeply about the environment and was a vegetarian. The other was a talkative girly girl named Victoria that knew everything there was about make-up, clothes and technology. Occasionally, their other friend, a gothic boy named Luke that was Alex's twin brother, would sit with them. Normally though, the girls would get into a girly top that made Luke cringe and move to an all-boy table. Alex didn't seem to really care that much.
Dani's ghost sense went off as she bit into a sandwich. She stared at it, not sure what to tell her friends. The female halfa hadn't told her friends about her ghost powers. Victoria couldn't keep basic things a secret, such as Dani or Alex's time of the month. She wasn't sure she could trust her to keep it hush hush. Alex was so into helping the environment and all that, she was sure she could try and talk Dani into become a superhero. Dani did stop the occasional ghost, but she didn't want to turn it into a career. She wanted to be normal. Not to mention Alex and Luke are the ones with the ghost researchers for parents.
"I need to use the bathroom," she said quickly before getting up and leaving. Her friends jut nodded, not noticing a thing as they continued to eat and argue over make-up being harmful to the earth.
Dani slipped into the bathroom and checked the stalls. Finding nobody, she went ghost and flew out of the school, completely invisible.
"Danielle Fenton?" a voice behind her asked. Dani floated to look at Walker, accompanied by Brooke and several goons.
"It's…Danielle Parker now actually," she hesitantly corrected. Walker just nodded before he began to explain the situation. Dani's eyes went wide as she listened to what Walker had to say. He explained Brooke's plan, what they did with Danny, what they planned to do with Vlad and with her and that she had to attend a meeting that would be arranged at a later time.
"These goons will be here always to protect you from ghost hunters," he finished as two goons floated behind her.
"So…basically because I'm an endangered species, I have to have people follow me around all day?" Dani asked, blinking. Walker nodded and she groaned.
"There's no ghost hunters here!" she protested. "Only ghost researchers that don't hunt or anything! They buy ghosts from the GIW to test on it if they need something!"
"Can't be too careful!" Brooke told her with a small smile. "I'll come for you when the meeting has been arranged."
Dani heard the bell rang.
"I have to get to class!" she panicked as she flew down towards the school. She noticed the goons following her. When she got into the bathroom and changed back, they turned invisible. She groaned as she felt them follow her to her next class.
Vlad was reading in his study when he looked up to see Walker suddenly just...there. He jumped. Walker rarely came to his home, much less with two of his goons.
"What do you need, Walker?" he asked, closing his book and putting it on his desk. His cat was lying on his lap, purring every time Vlad absentmindedly petted her fur.
Walker sighed before going into a detailed explanation about the plan. Vlad's eye began to twitch as the goons began to float behind him.
"This is insane!" he protested. "I am all powerful! I could take over the world with my powers if I wanted!"
"Nothing against you personally, Plasmius. It's standard for all halfas now until the population reaches five-hundred," Walker replied with a shrug. "Now what time will you be able to attend our little meeting?"
Vlad sighed. He glanced at his appointment book.
"I'm free this Friday," he said. "At four-thirty."
Walker nodded before disappearing.
Vlad sunk in his chair before glaring at the goons. The goons stared back before turning invisible. Vlad's gaze slowly drifted towards his computer. He picked Maddie the cat up and put her on the chair before walking over to it. Turning it on, he began to hunt for his clone files.
